The character is inspired by his father to lead a band of soldiers to war. Sullivan Stapleton plays the lead role, Eva Green is Artesima, and Rodrigo Santoro will return as Xerxes. [Source: Daily Mail]

August: Osage County
British actress Andrea Riseborough ("W.E.") is in talks to star as Karen in the forthcoming film adaptation of Tracy Letts’ Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning play "August: Osage County".

Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts are also attached to the John Wells-directed film about a family reuniting at a rural homestead in Oklahoma after the disappearance of the alcoholic patriarch. [Source: Broadway.com]